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Old 28 Apr 2017, 06:54 AM   #3
TenFour
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Best reliable free email is one that will not disappear overnight, which basically means Gmail and Outlook.com IMHO. Other than that, there are many second-tier providers that are probably going to be around for awhile, but they usually have significant drawbacks: limited storage, lousy interface, poor deliverability, poor spam filters, etc. This question is a loaded one since your requirements may be different than mine. Can you start with a list of requirements prioritized? Mine would be something like this:
  1. Longevity (they aren't going to disappear overnight)
  2. Security (2FA and a good track record)
  3. Deliverability (my email gets to my recipients)
  4. Spam filter (junk and dangerous email doesn't get to me)
  5. Storage (minimum of 5GB of free space, but 15-30GB would be better)
  6. Interface
  7. Mobile app and works well on mobile
  8. Privacy (no email scanning--rare on free email)
  9. Short and easy to spell so people don't mess up the address meaning no email

By the way, using anything but a ".com" is likely to result in many missed emails. I have been dictating an email address directly to a person writing it down and they automatically put the ".com" at the end no matter what you say. Use a .com address and save yourself headaches and lost emails.
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